tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post7741780830711435164..comments2017-11-14T11:18:41.107-05:00Comments on Half an Hour: E-Learning in Canada: Evidence, Gaps and Promising DirectionStephen Downeshttps://plus.google.com/109526159908242471749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-55778640349075839452007-06-12T12:49:00.000-04:002007-06-12T12:49:00.000-04:00Great post on the evolution of the e-Learning fiel...Great post on the evolution of the e-Learning field, very practical information. Check out our <A HREF="http://www.syberworks.com/mediacenter.htm" REL="nofollow"> Online Media Center</A> here at <A HREF="http://www.syberworks.com " REL="nofollow"> SyberWorks, Inc. </A>. With valuable e-Learning educational tools, past success stories, podcast series, and so much more I promise you won’t be disappointed!KH@SyberWorkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276859561014379179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-61685743113277183772007-05-16T11:42:00.000-04:002007-05-16T11:42:00.000-04:00The shedding of old terms and old thinking - conti...The shedding of old terms and old thinking - continuously - just as animals do each spring - the bold presumption that there are "best practices" when we are still in along, emergent phase - the idea that there is an e in e-learning causing us to focus on technology not pedagogy - and the dearth of qualitative analysis, to lay a path of "this seemed to work" now let's try this and then find out what the learner has to say. It's just too bad that we can't truhtfully say "I don't know", still hold our heads high, and exclaim that it is a journey not a destination.michael hotrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026581638745789073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-38582428055020166162007-05-16T06:09:00.000-04:002007-05-16T06:09:00.000-04:00There is an alternative to the media effectiveness...There is an alternative to the media effectiveness dilemma, by using 'affordances' in Gibson's radical sense of the word. <BR/><BR/>Affordances, to paraphrase, are "the product of the interaction between the learner and the environment. Each interaction potentially alters the identity of the learner, as well as the nature of the micro-environment". <BR/><BR/>This has interesting resonance with semiotics, as the sign too is not a thing but a dynamic relationship. <BR/><BR/>What this does is to recast the research perspective. We can no longer ask: "which media?" we have to ask: "which relationships and which identities?" and we have to humbly borrow terms and insights from ecology to help us out. Ecologists are not of one mind, but they have done a lot of the basic legwork.royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238943135916575618noreply@blogger.com